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1988 ranger crank initial spark but stops sparking after

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Old Oct 31, 2025
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1988 ranger crank initial spark but stops sparking after

i have been helping a couple friends work on mention ranger. they have thrown a ignition coil and distributer at the truck. what would cause the first turn over to have spark and it to lose it afterwards? is the distributor out of time causing a safety thing to stop it from sparking or something else? thank you for any help
 
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No spark

Originally Posted by n1s
i have been helping a couple friends work on mention ranger. they have thrown a ignition coil and distributer at the truck. what would cause the first turn over to have spark and it to lose it afterwards? is the distributor out of time causing a safety thing to stop it from sparking or something else? thank you for any help

Sounds like it could be the crankshaft position sensor
 
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